I agree Herschel was a major reason for ruining the Wild Steelhead run and might have been the straw that broke the camels back. But I also agree with the other posts that at that time, keeping wild fish was as common as keeping hatchery fish today. I also knew people and talked to people that caught a lot of wild fish and kept everyone of them. One guy I talked to lived in the BINGO apartments told me he had 18 big wild fish in the freezer already and was planning on doubling that amount. If I heard that today, I'd give him a mouthful. He is in the same category as snaggers as far as I am concerned. It must be 10-15 years since the Cedar has closed and fortunately in that time, most people have changed there ways and release wild fish. C&R is the only way to go, and should be done on all rivers.